Insurance
Even the most experienced caregivers have a hard time understanding today's health care system. Tracking fluctuations in coverage limits and deductibles can be bewildering, managing paperwork can be overwhelming, and navigating through Web sites or automated phone systems to get answers can be vexing.
This chapter will help you find a way through the health care insurance system maze by:
- Pointing you toward three organizations that can help you understand insurance as it applies to your elder.
- Providing a primer on Medicare.
- Introducing several government plans that may benefit your elder.
- Suggesting private insurance options for covering expenses that Medicare doesn't.
- Illustrating the pros and cons of long-term care insurance.
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